Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 24°59′♉︎ Taurus 20°58′
- Mercury21 days♒︎ Aquarius 8°10′♑︎ Capricorn 22°21′
- Pluto161 days♑︎ Capricorn 13°43′♑︎ Capricorn 11°11′
- Mercury24 days♊︎ Gemini 3°52′♉︎ Taurus 25°16′
- Jupiter121 days♑︎ Capricorn 26°54′♑︎ Capricorn 17°04′
- Saturn140 days♒︎ Aquarius 27°05′♒︎ Aquarius 20°24′
- Neptune159 days♓︎ Pisces 5°51′♓︎ Pisces 3°03′
- Uranus151 days♉︎ Taurus 29°13′♉︎ Taurus 25°12′
- Mercury22 days♎︎ Libra 6°53′♍︎ Virgo 21°54′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 22°08′♑︎ Capricorn 5°59′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 3 Jan – 24 Jan; 30 Apr – 24 May; 30 Aug – 21 Sept; 18 Dec – 7 Jan 1523
Venus: no retrograde period this year
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 5 May – 3 Sept
Saturn retrograde: 28 May – 15 Oct
Uranus retrograde: 21 Aug 1521 – 19 Jan; 26 Aug – 23 Jan 1523
Neptune retrograde: 30 May – 5 Nov
Pluto retrograde: 5 Apr – 14 Sept
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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